Standard-Examiner

08/26/2025

Firefighters were responding Tuesday afternoon to a fire burning near railroad tracks west of the Grain Craft facility on 30th Street in Ogden. Crews were called to the scene shortly after noon. Black smoke billowed over the area as firefighters sprayed water onto the conflagration from a ladder tru...

08/25/2025

“Bomb techs retrieved and secured the suspicious items, which were confirmed to be explosives," according to a press release by the Weber County Sheriff’s Office. "Four pieces of mining explosives were recovered, and are suspected to be several decades old."

WASHINGTON TERRACE — A handful of houses were temporarily evacuated while crews removed a box of old mining explosives in Washington Terrace on Monday morning. According to a press release by the Weber County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were summoned to a residence around 8:45 a.m. Monday after p...

08/22/2025

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08/20/2025

"Every department in this city has a role to play in prevention, readiness, and response — from enforcing codes to maintaining our own properties to increasing public awareness," Mayor Ben Nadolski said. "This is about pulling together as a team for the safety of our community.”

OGDEN — City officials are hoping new measures will help prevent a repeat of construction site and business fires in a year that has seen many high profile cases. In a press release last week, Ogden City announced Mayor Ben Nadolski would be issuing a series of directives to city departments “ai...

08/20/2025

“Our hearts are broken and our deepest love and prayers are for the families, their friends and fellow law enforcement. These officers served our community with courage, dedication and their sacrifice will never be forgotten,” Tremonton Mayor Lyle Holmgren said. “We stand united as a city in honoring their memory, supporting their families and caring for our police department.”

TREMONTON — Tremonton-Garland Police Chief Dustin Cordova joined local law enforcement and municipal leaders at Tremonton City Hall on Tuesday to discuss the impact of the shooting that claimed the lives of two Tremonton-Garland officers. Sgt. Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada were killed Sund...

08/20/2025

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08/18/2025

The fallen officers have been identified by police as Sgt. Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada. The suspect in the alleged killings was identified in an affidavit of probable cause as 33-year-old Ryan Michael Bate.

Two officers from the Tremonton-Garland Police Department were fatally shot, and a third officer and a police service dog from the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office were injured by gunfire, after police responded to a reported domestic violence call in Tremonton on Sunday night. The fallen officer...

08/18/2025

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08/15/2025

Around 130 volunteers from the city, Discover and KABOOM! built the playground in just under six hours Thursday.

OGDEN — Jaycee Park’s new playground is officially in place and almost ready for local kids to use it. During a short ceremony Thursday afternoon, representatives from Ogden City, Discover and KABOOM! cut the ribbon on the new playground. “This new playspace with Ogden City and Discover is par...

08/15/2025

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08/15/2025

Sierra Hellstrom, public information officer with the Northern Utah Type 3 Incident Management Team, said that as of Thursday afternoon, around 756 acres had burned and containment was still officially at 0%, though she noted that the containment figure could change as evening sets in.

NORTH OGDEN — The Willard Peak Fire continued to burn throughout the day Thursday with evacuation orders being held in place while firefighters from several agencies battled the wildfire from the ground and air. Sierra Hellstrom, public information officer with the Northern Utah Type 3 Incident Ma...